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Session 10, Part A:
Observing a Case Study (25 minutes)
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To begin the exploration of what topics in number and operations look like in a classroom at your grade level, watch a video segment of a teacher who took the Number and Operations course and then adapted the mathematics to her own teaching situation. When viewing the video, keep the following questions in mind:
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a. | What fundamental ideas (content) about number and operations is the teacher trying to teach? |
b. | What mathematical processes does the teacher expect students to demonstrate? |
c. | How do students demonstrate their knowledge of the intended content? What does the teacher do to elicit student thinking? |
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Problem A1 |  |
Answer questions (a), (b), and (c) above.
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At what point(s) in the lesson seen in the video segment are the students learning new content? Are they applying what they already know?
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Problem A3 | |
Ms. Weiss gave each group of students a set of chips. What were some advantages and disadvantages of using this manipulative? |
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Problem A4 | |
Ms. Weiss's lesson was based on one from Session 4 of this course. Discuss the ways in which her lesson was similar to and different from the one in Session 4. What adaptations did she make, and why? |
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